Word · Frequency #6660
licenses
许可；授权；发给许可证
licenses is the third person singular of license.
authorize officially
- 1.
authorize officially
正式授权
正式授权；许可；特许
In use
The government licensed the company to operate a nuclear power plant.
She is licensing her invention to a manufacturer.
Once licensed, the restaurant can start selling alcohol.
license sb to do sth
The government licensed the company to export oil.
政府许可该公司出口石油。
be licensed to do sth
He is licensed to practice medicine in this state.
他获准在本州行医。
license sth
The city licenses taxis annually.
该市每年发放出租车执照。
license sb for sth
The agency licensed her for operating heavy machinery.
机构许可她操作重型机械。
Verb forms
base license · third person licenses · -ing licensing · past licensed · past participle licensed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
The government licensed him driving a car.The government licensed him to drive a car.
动词license后应接带to的不定式作宾语补足语，而不是动名词。汉语中“许可某人做某事”直译可能导致误用动名词。
She licensed for the store to sell alcohol.She licensed the store to sell alcohol.
动词license是及物动词，直接接被许可的对象，不需要介词for。受汉语“为…许可”的影响容易加介词。
Connections
Collocations
- license a product
- 许可产品
- The company licensed its new product to a foreign firm.该公司将其新产品许可给了一家外国公司。
- license software
- 许可软件
- They licensed the software to several universities.他们将软件许可给了几所大学。
- license someone to do something
- 许可某人做某事
- The state licenses doctors to practice medicine.州政府许可医生行医。
- be licensed to practice
- 获得执业许可
- She is licensed to practice law in New York.她获得在纽约执业的许可。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a license to print money
- 一本万利，稳赚不赔的生意The new smartphone turned out to be a license to print money for the company.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将license拆分为"lic"（利益）和"ense"（恩赐），联想获得许可如同获得利益恩赐。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：Legal、Official 动词license通常用于正式场合，表示官方授予许可，多见于法律、行政文件。
Grammar Note
后接不定式
Pronunciation & Spelling
No exact rhymes exist. 'Science' and 'silence' share the stressed vowel /aɪ/ but have different endings. Words spelled '-ense' (sense, dense, tense, offense) are pronounced with /ɛ/ and do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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